Half of UK advisers say crypto assets are invisible

A significant portion of wealth management clients in the United Kingdom hold cryptocurrency assets that their financial advisers cannot see or manage, according to a new industry survey. The findings highlight a structural blind spot driven by internal firm policies rather than a lack of client interest or adviser knowledge.

The survey, conducted by digital asset services provider CoinShares and released on Thursday, June 25, 2026, polled 261 wealth management professionals across Europe. It found that 52% of UK-based advisers reported that the majority of their clients' digital asset exposure was effectively "invisible" to them, sitting outside their firms' oversight. This "management gap" was less pronounced across the broader European sample, which included France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, where 25% of advisers reported similar visibility issues.

CoinShares argues the core issue is institutional policy, not market readiness. According to the survey, 61% of advisers across the European Union work at firms that either explicitly restrict digital asset investments or provide no clear internal guidance on handling them. In these "blocked firms," only 1% of advisers...